TIME LAPSE ABERTAWE

My newest / old film. A time lapse of Swansea, which I started in February 2011 and countiniued working on until late April. In May some university projects came up, so this project was put on hold. But today I did the finishing touches and uploaded it.

I wanted to experiment and learn more about time lapse. The raw material is composed of 2330 still pictures, shot on my Canon EOS 400D, which then is imported into After Effects as jpg-sequences. In AE I adjusted the size of the pictures and also some brightness/exposure correction on shots with changing lighting (f. ex. inside Quadrant)



I'm not 100% happy with it, cause there is some shakes, over-exposed parts etc. BUT I learned very much from this project. I learned about what different frame rates does, where I used the wrong settings etc. When taking pictures of people I discovered after that it would have been wiser to have shutter speed set to between 1/15 and 1" and have short intervals. This is to avoid them showing as "blips" on screen. So I hope to deliver an even better product next time.

As Timothy Allen, an amazing BBC photographer (still & moving), said about time lapse:
"Experience will be your best teacher here and as you practise you will discover what works best for you."




If you didn't know it, Timothy Allen is one of the photographers behind BBC's amazing Human Planet. Which has some of the best shots I've seen in documentaries ever. Real absolute beauty. He is one my favorite photographers in the world.